Lloyd's Law Reports

Professor Robert Merkin KC; Dr Johanna Hjalmarsson

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MORRIS v. PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY.

(1950) 84 Ll.L.Rep. 564

KING'S BENCH DIVISION.

Before Mr. Justice Pritchard.

Negligence - Unsafe premises - Improper system of working-Breach of statutory duty-Gantry-Maintenance of floor- Removal of fencing-Fatal injuries sustained by dock labourer in fall from gantry belonging to defendants - Deceased man employed by defendants in loading bales of paper from gantry into lorry below-Removal of fencing for purpose of work-Faulty floorboard - Action for damages brought by widow (as personal representative) alleging common law negligence; breach of statutory duty under Factories Act, 1937; breach of statutory duty under Docks Regulations, 1934- Duty of employer-Factories Act, 1937, Sects. 14, 16, 25, 26, 105 (3)-Docks Regulations, 1934, Regulations 1, 46.

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